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OFFICIAL OF BARROW COUNTY AND CITY OF WINDER
Published Every Thursday Afternoon by R. O. Ross & Sons, and Entered at
the Postoffice at Winder. Ga., as Second-class Mail Matter.
Subscription Price SI.OO Per Year. Advertising Rates Furnished on Request.
l’orm May 1 1915 obituary notices, resolutions and tributes of respect, and notices of entertainments
which admission fees arorharired. will be published at one half cent per word, cash in advance
ROBERT O. ROSS, ... - Editor
ROBERT O. ROSS. JR Associate Editor
VOL. XXII. Thursday, July 22, 1915. No. 15.
| INFORM THE EDITOR
Oue of the most difficult of the ed
itor's Jobs is to get facts about birth
marriages and deaths. People seem
to think be ought to know these
things by intuition. If not that, the
birth, marriage or death is of Huch
importance in the Immediate family
that It is presumed he editor will
be informed by some wireless or just
grow into the Information. Then,
when the paper comes out, and no
mention is made of the event, the ed
itor is blamed for not running a
good newspaper or not getting all
the news. Remember there art* a
good many jieople in this county. If
the editor knew each of them by
name, besides their family history
and tlie chief events in the lives of
every individual, he would not be an
editor. He'd he a demi god, rest
ing his feet on a cloud and sipping
ambrosia instead of inhabiting a
broken-down office chair and wonder
ing where the money for the next
white paper bill is coining from. The
ilfe of the average newspaper man
is a gay one. Gathering news is
■second nature to him, like picking
his teeth with the office iron and
cussing the office towel. Just the
same, there’s a limit to his omnis
cience. Last week, we thought of
a million, eight hundred and forty
nine* thousand three* hundred and six
ty four tilings of importance, be
sides a couple of hundred thousand
small items unworthy of mention.
And it was a slow week. We’re anx
ious for news for the* paper, and
it won't put you out much to drop
by tin* office* or telephone us whats
happening at your house. Then if
the item does not get in the paper,
you have a right to come (low'll and
kick the stuffing out of the cat.
Otherw fee, don’t blame us.
The edition of tin* Winder News
issued this week is a trade edition,
and one that was put out on a very
large scale. Editor Robert Ross haw
portrayed his city and county very
vividly in one edition and it consti
tutes valuable advertising data. It is
always interesting to sum up the ad
vantages of a leading community and
■see how many really fine folks, Jiow
many valuable enterprises and how
much commercial, social, educational
and religious resources there is be
hind it. —Moultrie News. I ,
THOUGHT RECORDS
A tinfoil philosopher has said:
"The more I see of men, the better
1 like dogs.’ As an. example of
logic, that is a good epigram, but
there is more of cleverness In it
than of love for humanity. Man is
all right in himself; it is only when
he reflects ttie thoughts of others
that he falls to their levll. No in
stitution or group of men or associ-i
atior, is greater that the Individual.
A religious or an irreligious man; a
democrat or a republican, a prohibi
tionist or an anti-prohibitionist, a
suffragist or n anti-suffragist Is
not great or evil because he is a reli
Kious man, a democrat, a prohibi
tionist or a suffragist. lie is great
only in that proportion as ho is con
*ci ntiously honest in his conviction
or evil in that proportion ns he goes
against them. Thus a man who be
lieves in his soul that a principle
ts right, does wrong when he votes
for a law which he intends later to
help nullify. Think for yourself. And
do what you think is right. Thus
* man becomes truly great. Do not
record the thought of others. Though
i the light from Heaven. Consid
eration of bodies of men makes us
hard am* narrow. Think for your
self and let others think for them
selves. Don’t be a thought iv ord
The booster edition of the Win
der News was a war-tiu;< phenom
enon Congratulation'-.—Walton News
THE LIVABLE TOWN
Why are so many country towns
going backward. During the past
10 years 650 towns in a middle wes
tern state have decreased in popula
tion. The rural districts of another
have lost 180,000 people. Practical
ly every other middle western state
lias suffered In the same way, and
it is believed ‘hat shortly every state
east of the Rocky mountains will
face this condition. At the same tiin
every large city in these states has
shown a remarkable growth in popu
lation. This indicates that the young
people of the rural districts and
small towns are dissatisfied with con
dttions, and gravitate to the larger
towns because of the pleasures and
better living conditions they hope to
find there. Until wie make our .small
towns attractive we cannot hope to
hold the young people. There must
be amusements for them. We must
stop the continual nagging, the pas
sage of narrow laws, the constant
fretting of the older people who see
In the pleasures of youth eternal darn
nation an the end of morality. Times
change, and with them goes the nar
rowness of puritanism. In years gone
by dancing was condemned. Now
dancing is recognized as a healthful
pastime. If the young people desire
to dance the new dances, let them.
The old people of today, if they
dance at all, waltzed and two-stepp
ed, where their grandfathers arid
grandmothers danced square dances
and the minuet. Simply because a
fad is new, it is not necessarily im
moral. Encourage the young people
in all the harmless amusements of
the day, regardless of what you did
when young or what your parents
taught you to do. This is anew
generation wk* are trying to keep in
the small towns, and youth demands
its play. He broad and liberal. Nar
rowness in teaching or by law can
only result in disrespect for authori
ty and law; in making harder the
lives of those who don’t think as
we do or in driving them entirely on
of the community and to those plac
es where they can have some Ire*
dom of thought and actions.
BLANKET OBITUARY
(Cordele Dispatch)
Have you ever stopped to figure
out the number of politically dead
statesmen we have on hand in Geor
gia at the present time. Nearly ev
ery man who Inns been prominent is
now politically dead. The largest
ones —Senators and ex-Governors —
are the deadest. Hoke Smith, Hard
wick, Slaton, and Joe Brown are all
dead politically. Not a single one
could be elected in Georgia to-dtiy,
and there is no use denying the as
sertion. It may be they are all dead
seed, but it is true and we will have
to raise another crop. It may be
asked who killed Cock Robin, but
the answer is furthcoming, in elach
case. VVe all know, there is no use
to go into detail. Cotton killed Hoke.
It has been said of us that if you
get anything in The News it will
cost you five cents per line. Unless
P is legitimate news which our read
ers are entitled to at our expense,
that statement is not overdrawn, but
we feel that we must call our read
ers attention to the fact that it mat
tors not what kind of an edition of
tile home paper is pulled off, J. 1
Strange Company is always in. A.
D. McCurry, the advertising man, be
lieves in printer’s ink. and it is a
case of "McCurry’ out of Town” it
his firm is not represented in our
columns. There is a reason. There
is always something going on at
Stranges.
See us if you are going to buy a
ear. ]; will pa\ you. Rogers ;ui
Sumn.erour Bros., Agents for Over
land automobiles. Winder Ga.
The Winder News, Thursday Afternoon, July 22, 1915.
The Girl Who Bites Her Nails.
Her eyes are of a purple hue;
Her nose is tilted saucily;
I think she beads her lashes, too;
Her hair fs fixed so flossily-
Her charm in only one thing fails-
The little girl who bites her nails.
’Tis but the flaw that goes to make
Her beauty the more ravishing,
Let all the charms by some mistake
The gods on her were lavishing.
Who in her fairness Venus palevs-
The little girl who bites her nails.
For, were perfection there displayed,
She'd be too fair to look upon-
A goddess not for men’s eyes mide-
For bards to write a book upon;
The human touch one’s heart assails-
The little girl who bites her nails.
SOME LEGAL QUESTIONS.
Mr. Editor: Has the Mayor and
Council of Winder any legal right
to transact any business as it now
stands?
What constitutes a quorum of the
Council?
The Mayor can only vote in case
of a tie. When there are only three
members of council their votes can
not constitute a tie.
Another question. You cannot draw
analogy from the Georgia legislature.
The speaker of the house and ' the
president of the senate are each
members of their respective bodies.
They were elected as such. The gov
ernor of a state is elected for a
specific purpose governed by the
Constitution of this State. The mayor
-f a* town is elected for a specific pur
pose with specific power granted by
the Charter of his town. These are
vital questions just at this time.
11. P. Quillian.
1 Answer.
Not being a lawyer we prefer to
let the City Code answer you. doc
tor. Section 101, page 50 reads as fol
lows:
"Be it further enacted, That a
majority of the Aldermen shall con
stitute a quorum for the transaction
of business, but in all cases a less
number may adjourn from time to
time # and compel the attendance of
absentees Any alderman shall have
the right to call for the ayes and
nays, and have the same recorded on
the minutes in all cases. The Mayor
shall be the chief executive officer
of said City, and he shall preside at
the meetings of the Council, except
as herein provided, but he SHALL
HAVE NO VOTE except in CASE OF
A TIE. It shall he his duty to see
that the ordinances of Council are
faithfully executed and the public
peace maintained. He shall have the
revision of all ordinances, orders and
resolutions passed by the aldermen,
and said Mayor shall have five days
after the meeting in which the al
dermen vote in which to file with the
Clerk in writing, his dissent, but the
aldermen may pass said ordinance or
resolution notwithstanding the veto
by a vote of two-thirds, to he taken
by ayes and nays and entered upon
the minutes.” \
Section 95. in regard to vacancies
reads: “In the event that the office
of Mayor, or any alderman, shall be
come vacant the council shall order
anew election by giving ten days
notice in one or more newspapers pub
lished in the city, or by posting no
tice thereof at three or more of the
most public places in said city"
Some editor has told it out of
school. He says that when the anti
liquid-refreshments resolution’ was
passed at the Eastman convention of
the Georgia editors there were only
a third of the members in the con
vention hall and the other two-thirds
were not hunting some of the liquid
refreshments. —Athens Banner.
R O. Ross, editor of The Winder
News, issued a trade edition of his
Paper this week. It was one of the
best ever issued by a country press.
Bob is expresident of No. 48.—Jour
nal of Labor.
Meet Me at Chapel.
All parties interested in the ceme
tery at Chapel will please meet
there Wednesday. July 2Sth, for the
purpose of cleaning off and beautify
ing the grounds and graves of de:sart
ed loved oats. Come ear!'-.
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THE
Big Bull Tractor
Will plow at
DACULA, Saturday ,
This week, July, 24.
We want the farmers interested to
see the Big Bull Tractor do ten
mules plowing.
Woodruff Machinery Mfg, Cos.
WINDER, GEORGIA.
TEN DAY RATES VIA
SEABOARD AIR LINE RY
“The Progressive Railway of the South''
From To
Wilmington and
Wrightsville. N.C.
Abbeville, S. C. $7.50
Anderson, S. C. 8.00
Athens, Ga. 10.00
Atlanta, Ga. 10.00
Belton, S. C. 8 00
Birmingham, Ala. 15.00
Cedartown, Ga. 11.00
Donalds, S. C. 8.00
Elberton, Ga. 8.50
Greenville, S. C. 8.00
Greenwood, S. C. 7.50
Tickets on sale each Thursday up to and including
September 2, 1915, bearing final limit to reach
original starting point, returning prior to mid
night of second Monday following date of sale
Extension of final limit may be had upon payment
of difference between ten days and season rates,
Call on nearest Ticket Agent for pullman reser
vations, information or write
C. S. Compton, T. P. A. Fred Geissler, A. G. P. A.
Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga.
PARADISE.
Misses Viola and Nora Wages were
visiting Mr .Dave Cook of Pentecost
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill House visited
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Jones Sunday.
Miss Ruby Clack spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Miss Minnie
Me Elroy.
Miss Ada Miller spent Sunday with
Misses Ruby and Clyde Cross.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Cosby visited
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Perkins Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Greeson spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. N.
Chandler of near Bethlehem.
Miss Minnie Williams of Chapel
was visiting Saturday with Mr. T.
A. Smith.
Mr. Jim House was in our midst
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. W .T. Barber visited Mrs. W.
C. Sorrels Tuesday.
Miss Odell Jones of near Statham
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. V.
P. Perkins, Saturday.
A goodly numher of young people
attended the picnic at lieeves mill
and report a good time.
Mr. Columbus Hammond was in our
section Sunday afternoon.
Mr Willie Perkins was called to
Milledgeville Monday on account of
his little daughter, Druewillie being
worse.
There Is No Question
but that indigestion and the distressed
teeung which always goes with it can
be promptly relieved bv taking a
TszsMi D E i t
before and after each meal. 2oc a box.
Dr. J T Wages Drug Cos.
From To
Wilmington and
Wrightsville.N.C.
Greer, S. C. 8 .00
Hodges, S. C. 8.00
Lawrenceville, Ga. 10.00
Pelzer, S. C. 8.00
Piedmont, S. C. 8.00
Rockmont, Ga. 11.20 \
Shoals Jet. S. C. *IOO f*
Spartanburg, S. C. 8.00
Union, S. C. 7.50
Williamston, S. C, 8.00
Winder, Ga, 10.00
Will Can Fruits
and Vegetables
I will can Fruits
and Vegetables
For The Public
Hubert Moore
Broad St. Winder, Ga’.
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FARM LOAJNTS
Loans negotiated on Barrow
ty farm lands; time five years; inter
est 6 to 7 per cent.
Mr. W. H. Qaurterman, of Winder,
Ga.. will assist me; see him during
my absence. lam in Winder on
Mondays and Fridays. For further in'
formation, write
S. Ct. brown
Attorney-at-Law
Lawrenceville, Ga.
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